tulis

See also: tulíš and tʼulis

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtulis/, [ˈt̪u.l̪ɪs̪]
• Hyphenation: tu‧lis

Verb

tulis (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. to stick up; to rob at gunpoint or knifepoint

Noun

tulis (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. robbery

Derived terms

• manunulis
• panulis
• tulisan
• tulisanes
• tulisit

 

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tulis/

Verb

tulis

1. to write

Derived terms

• ditulis
• nulis
• petulis

 

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tulis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.lɪs/

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• Rhymes: -lɪs, -ɪs, -s
• Hyphenation: tu‧lis

Verb

tulis (active menulis, passive ditulis, perfective passive tertulis)

1. to write
   1. (transitive, intransitive) to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate
   2. (transitive) to be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.)
   3. (transitive) to show (information, etc.) in written form

Conjugation

Conjugation of tulis (meng-)
Root	tulis
	Active	Involuntary / Perfective	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	menulis	tertulis	ditulis	tulis	tulislah
Locative	menulisi	tertulisi	ditulisi	tulisi	tulisilah
Causative / Applicative1	menuliskan	tertuliskan	dituliskan	tuliskan	tuliskanlah
	Causative
Active	mempertulis	tepertulis	dipertulis	pertulis	pertulislah
Locative	mempertulisi	tepertulisi	dipertulisi	pertulisi	pertulisilah
Causative / Applicative1	mempertuliskan	tepertuliskan	dipertuliskan	pertuliskan	pertuliskanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• bertulis
• bertulisan
• bertuliskan
• kepenulisan
• penulis
• penulisan
• pertulisan
• tulis-menulis
• tulisan
• tulisi
• tuliskan

 

Proverbs with the word tulis

• tulis ulu

 

Anagrams

• sulit

Further reading

• “tulis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• “menulis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Lithuanian

Noun

tulis m

1. thulium

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic لِسَان (lisān) meaning Tongue + sabatu (one stone) becoming sabatu lisan, sabatu becoming satu (one) then it became satu lisan, then it became tulisan meaning wrtitten thing and Lisan meaning spoken thing or utterance, from Tulisan the word Tulis was created as the verb to write

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /tules/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /tulɪs/
• Rhymes: -ules, -les, -es
• Rhymes: -is

Verb

tulis (Jawi spelling توليس)

1. to write (to form letters, etc.)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penulis [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penulisan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• tulisan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• tuliskan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• menulis [agent focus] (meN-)
• menuliskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menulisi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• ditulis [patient focus] (di-)
• dituliskan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• ditulisi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• tertulis [agentless action] (teR-)
• bertulis [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: tulis (inherited)

Further reading

• “tulis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Noun

tulis

1. book, letter, drawing

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare talas and tilos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtulis/ [ˈtu.lɪs] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ulis
  • IPA^(key): /tuˈlis/ [tʊˈlis] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: tu‧lis

Noun

tulis (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. sharpness (of a point)
2. sharp end or point (of something tapering)

   Synonym: tilos

3. (figurative) sharpness; severity (of one's words or language)

Derived terms

• katulisan
• magtulis
• matulis
• pagkamatulis
• patulisin
• tumulis
• walang-tulis

 

Adjective

tulís (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. pointed; with a tapering, pointy end

Derived terms

• patulis
• tulis-tulis

 

See also

• anggular
• hubog-kandila

 

Further reading

• “tulis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tulis.

Verb

tulis

1. to write

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay tulis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.ˈlis/

Verb

tulis

1. (transitive) to write

Conjugation

Conjugation of tulis
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totulis	fotulis	mitulis
2nd	notulis	nitulis
3rd	Masculine	otulis	itulis, yotulis†
Feminine	motulis
Neuter	itulis
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay tulis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪u.l̪is̪/

Verb

tulis

1. (transitive) to write

   imu itulis mene? ― who wrote this?

Conjugation

Conjugation of tulis (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totulis	motulis	atulis
2nd person		notulis	fotulis
3rd person	inanimate	itulis	dotulis
	animate
imperative		nutulis, tulis	futulis, tulis

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics